Lee Byung-heon (Korean: 이병헌) is a professor of biochemistry and cell biology in the school of medicine at Kyungpook National University (KNU), South Korea.
He was an assistant professor in the school of medicine at Dongguk University in 1996–2001 and a visiting investigator in the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, United States, in 2001–2003.
His main research interest is “discovery of tissue-specific homing peptides using phage display and their applications to molecular imaging and targeted therapy”.
He has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and review articles.
also have been working on selecting peptides that specifically recognize or sense biomarker proteins of cardiovascular diseases and cancers.